Inspecting a Harrier Jet's Explosive Ejection Seat

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6 жыл бұрын

The team is busy getting the Harrier ready for air show season, and that means having the ejection seat inspected. The new guy gets to lend a hand, but he must be extra careful, as the ejection seat is rigged with powerful explosives.
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@bradyspace 4 жыл бұрын

If Pepsi honored their 90s marketing campaign, you'd be the second civilian owner of a harrier.

@sweetyd 4 жыл бұрын

Such a great random reference! Love this comment.

@bruhmomento7217 3 жыл бұрын

Ironically, I have the video recommended next after this video. lol

@xd0nniex 3 жыл бұрын

please tell me he got it

@arnettthayer5314 3 жыл бұрын

Only 7million points!

@po2buster76 5 жыл бұрын

Saw my first Harrier in 1976. It was flown by a Swedish pilot. He put it down on one of our Helo spots and came into the galley for lunch and fuel (not served in the gallery) lol. My ship was the USS Nashville Lpd 13 now decommissioned

@robinjonsson1591 3 жыл бұрын

A Swedish pilot flying a Harrier? This I gotta hear more about since the Swedes flew Viggens and Drakens in the 70's!

@MattyK166 5 жыл бұрын

LOL...totally love the engine crane attached to the forklift to get the seat out. Post an lookout for the OH&S inspector. Bush mechanics skillz...love it.

@tarukmongto 4 жыл бұрын

I mean, obviously they installed the safety pins so it would be impossible to set off the seat accidentally.... but that wouldn't make for any drama would it

@abrahamm1325 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah they would have you out here believing there are sticks of dynamite under the seat

@idonotknowwhattonamemyself2197 3 жыл бұрын

I have been waiting one year to see some one else

@artnallsjr.3752 6 жыл бұрын

Notice the Go Navy, Beat Army banner? Just in time for the big game!

@IsaiahTrujillo_1 5 жыл бұрын

R.E.D retired extremely dangerous

@lappydog9020 2 жыл бұрын

Wow what a great addition to the team. Sam is awsome

@blackieskinner3073 4 жыл бұрын

I was deployed to bagram Afghanistan and they had harriers flying there, they are incredibly loud in vertical flight

@RelativeWind 3 жыл бұрын

how many times did they show the front window being cleaned

@Trains_n_stuff08 Жыл бұрын

The yellow handle on top looks cool, you should

@ludwiggroenewald8192 2 жыл бұрын

He looks like captain archer from Star Trek enterprise

@eklix2451 4 жыл бұрын

Keep up to good work! You guys are great!

@TuffBurnOutTeam 5 жыл бұрын

Great video thank you for Showing Australia

@genraldmoney8171 5 жыл бұрын

That hurt me to see that A-10 pilot eject off a perfectly fine A-10

@windshearahead7012 5 жыл бұрын

GenralDmoney if it was perfectly fine he wouldn’t eject.

@genraldmoney8171 5 жыл бұрын

@@windshearahead7012 that was a test ejection. Otherwise they wouldn't have recorded it.

@windshearahead7012 5 жыл бұрын

GenralDmoney yeah but the planes that become drone targets or end up like this are usually retired and instead of scrapping they do this stuff, so it wasn’t under no circumstances a perfectly fine a 10. A retired airframe costs a hell lot to maintain

@genraldmoney8171 4 жыл бұрын

@@windshearahead7012 well, maybe not perfect but it's flying pretty well right there....

@windshearahead7012 4 жыл бұрын

GenralDmoney dude -_-. It might fly well but after certain hours airframes NEED to be retired due to micro cracks on the airframe unless you want to maintain it and pay a shit ton of money fixing them...

@rubenscott3972 6 жыл бұрын

That man has the best job in the world and a expert

@JustaPilot1 6 жыл бұрын

Damn it if I didn't have to work for a living! I'm up in Waldorf and fly out of Freeway, W00, and if I had the times I would love to be involved with this program. Former NavAir guy, helo AC and ASM, many years ago.

@jamesbohe1718 4 жыл бұрын

Worked on the AV8A in the late seventies, next door to 231 (VMA 542, Flying Tigers), always wanted one of the trainers. Saw the 231 XO eject between the hangers, one that "caught a wave", another that performed a tail stand that went horribly wrong and ran through the Station Ops flight line, hanger, and parking lot, and one that dropped into the bay off of officers housing. It was a bad year-or-so for Harriers. Live and learn or die young, I guess. Still love 'em and hope to fly/ride in one while there are any left. You can do so many things with a Harrier that can't be done with any other bird, and a few that shouldn't even be done with a Harrier. Never licensed for the Sencil B, and wouldn't care to. But noticed no MDC in the Plexi windows, gone on the B model? Still had the World Map between the legs when I was doing my thing, guess that is a weight saver on the B. When I was in, we had more snow at Cherry Point than North Dakota, the exhaust came in handy a few times! All I can say is . . .I wish I was you! Semper Fi.

@sadiqmohamed681 4 жыл бұрын

This isn't an AV8. That is the McDonnel/Douglas licensed built version. It has a different wing, avionics and a US licence built engine. This is a Hawker/BAE aircraft with the original RR Pegasus, and it looks like the original avionics. It was in service with the Royal Navy.

@kansasjayhawk8386 4 жыл бұрын

Kevin Reed is a carbon copy of Micheal Jai White. An older version anyway.

@logic6040 4 жыл бұрын

Just me or does Kevin reed look like dollar store will smith

@ricbarker4829 4 жыл бұрын

As an ex airforce "seat" trained guy, I don't remember seat maintenance ever being this dramatic. Make sure the pins are in and and lift it out. It really isn't that hard or dangerous.

@BoneyardBrigade21 2 жыл бұрын

As a fellow Egress guy stop killing the allure of our job!! Haha

@lucid2322 4 жыл бұрын

This antique, decades old Harrier gonna explode anyway. 😂

@thenibblershow5305 8 күн бұрын

Trust me if it survived 5 decades, it could take another 2

@leighallen9255 6 жыл бұрын

i think that they still leave the indent in the hangar ceiling where a navy pilot was showing his family a f 4 and the seat was hot not very nice i spent 3 years on the forrestal flight deck you ladies and gentlemen are great for aviation have a great airshow season

@CShivery 4 жыл бұрын

Did anyone get hurt or die? That's crazy!

@zigarettenbruch6999 6 жыл бұрын

Keith David will play Kevin Reed in the docudrama. Ha!

@kansasjayhawk8386 4 жыл бұрын

Or an older version of Michael Jai White. Lol..

@chriskuchem7708 6 жыл бұрын

Oshkosh 2011. Saw a Harrier demonstration there. Was that You?

@datura_boof 2 жыл бұрын

SAM LOST THAT WASHER

@brecklander 6 жыл бұрын

Why did you not use the original Martin Baker seat and what seat are you using in its place?

@technowarriorstv 5 жыл бұрын

there using a stencil seat

@spignetti 3 жыл бұрын

Working by the seat of his pants....literally.....

@TheHazyshade 4 жыл бұрын

Very first frame is .. How to get your Harrier ejection seat out with your Harbor Freight engine hoist!

@ToreDL87 4 жыл бұрын

Gotta remember they're not in the military so they don't have all the specific special service tools :) I have one of those harbor freight engine hoists, rebranded Biltema, I lift my Corolla's up with that thing, and it holds them up there, for years... Oughta do the trick for an ejection seat too!

@mtggamer2482 4 жыл бұрын

Love ❤️ you

@GsCConcrete123 2 жыл бұрын

my dad did RAF Ejection Seats in the day. 😁😁😁

@demoscottgaminglounge6315 4 жыл бұрын

Fun fact if you can’t find a tool or bolt or the tiniest thing on any aircraft they have to take apart the entire aircraft back down to what it looked like before it was fully assembled

@ricbarker4829 4 жыл бұрын

Rubbish.

@hangar4851 2 жыл бұрын

Looks like an ejection seat from a german alpha jet.

@PIKE_DJ 4 жыл бұрын

Swagger souls dad

@louisvanderwath8536 5 жыл бұрын

How do you one inspect an ejection seat and say that it's still good after 30 years? How do you know it still works without ejecting?

@Purpose_Bilt 5 жыл бұрын

It doesn't. CADs and PADs have a shelf or installed life.

@Purpose_Bilt 5 жыл бұрын

the parts get tested for function.

@andrewmckenna00 4 жыл бұрын

how do you know the airbags in your car work without smashing into a wall

@MousedaDrumma 4 жыл бұрын

Ejection Seat Mechanic here. To actually explain previous comments all explosives have a service life based on shelf or installed life calculated in months. Ejection Seats get certain explosives changed out in these intervals ie every 24 months these explosives get changed or something like that. All the explosives are different and perform different functions. My seat has 15 separate explosives for example. During these scheduled inspections where the explosives get swapped, nonexplosive components of the Ejection Seat will be inspected as well. Depending on the technology involved there's testing and troubleshooting performed on these components to verify that they are functioning properly. This is of course done in between de-arming and re-arming the seat so you don't set anything off. They're actually quite easy to work on, but you have to follow the checklist. Skipping steps WILL kill someone, not might. Finally, because this is a component that can not be Operationally checked, it requires paperwork submission from specifically licensed personnel (CDQAR's in the Military).

@FriendlyMxdder 3 жыл бұрын

The explosive components have “expiration dates”

@mistereugenekrabs7729 5 жыл бұрын

loses washer in ejection seat, plane explodes and everyone dies

@anaccount6204 3 жыл бұрын

I would kill to work on that jet.

@maxmikulecky556 4 жыл бұрын

Dude looks like John Daley

@lancaster5077 4 жыл бұрын

Where is the 2 Seater ? Also any thoughts of buying a Buccaneer ?

@CJ_YT. 2 жыл бұрын

Denzel washington can really do anything wow

@cliffordcarmer8133 6 жыл бұрын

Is it possible to purchase a CD of this series? Badasspilot.

@abrahamm1325 3 жыл бұрын

Im sure those can be dangerous if you dont know what you are doing but comparing rocket motors to sticks of dynamite is a bit of a stretch. Also referring to the rocket motors going off as exploding is an even bigger stretch. They are igniting not exploding

@kjcsomerville 5 жыл бұрын

Hi, I’ve just found you, so great that we agree that the Harrior is the tool of the toolbox, great video ! If you wanted to have a passenger, would this be allowed ?

@DJRoach520 5 жыл бұрын

here's my question, can i come learn?

@windshearahead7012 5 жыл бұрын

BFM Rick nope

@lappydog9020 2 жыл бұрын

Good lord i hope u never need the seat

@bigwillymo28 4 жыл бұрын

Nice try, the seat is painted blue and inert...no expolsives

@stormzylive9656 6 жыл бұрын

I’m going to guess that he spent about 20-30Million on this plane

@cosmicbutthole3786 6 жыл бұрын

StormzYLive no he spent actually about $1.5 mil

@ryanschaff123 6 жыл бұрын

Both of you are off. He spent 2.8 million on the plane in England, spent another 2.4 million in shipping and restoration.

@mohammedkhan6612 3 жыл бұрын

You never reply man .. can you recommend a top flying school., in want to be bad man pilot

@Rikipedia42 4 жыл бұрын

I know an easy way to get the seat out

@jomomma1841 4 жыл бұрын

I wanna know five years from today what’s gonna be going through your mind each and every morning you wake up a day older ?

@ctf7325 4 жыл бұрын

wonder how much he paid for the harrier

@shadowsrwolf 4 жыл бұрын

This clown and Harrison ford are proof if you have enough money you can pass a flight physical

@chadchadington8876 6 жыл бұрын

The high schooler said all clear and all he did was clean the windows

@DrBroncanuus 5 жыл бұрын

Art, you are better off permanetly removing those explosives under your seat and getting rid of the ejector button....you'll be safer without it........as a Helicopter Pilot , I removed my ejector seat.....and never regretted it

@harrisonnordmeyer5056 5 жыл бұрын

Dino Dean your also not in a high altitude military aircraft going very fast

@PabloGonzalez-hv3td 5 жыл бұрын

@@harrisonnordmeyer5056 - It's a troll only a few Russian military helicopters have typical ejection seats and removal isn't up to an individual pilot. Ejection seats aren't fired by a button.

@harrisonnordmeyer5056 5 жыл бұрын

Pablo Gonzalez just saying he’s in a jet and this guy was in a helicpoter bit of a difference

@PabloGonzalez-hv3td 5 жыл бұрын

@@harrisonnordmeyer5056 I'm not saying Art isn't justified having an ejection seat I'm saying this comment is trolling

@harrisonnordmeyer5056 5 жыл бұрын

Pablo Gonzalez I feel like he isn’t trolling but ok

@gedjones5977 3 жыл бұрын

Bit nonchalant about your subscribers!!!, does anyone on the team even read these comments? If so it’s really sketchy that nobody gets a reply bro, remember without your fans you’d have no channel.